John burke



JOHN BURKE, OF'BROOKLYN, NEW-YORK- Letters Patent No. 76,396, dated April 7, 1868.

MUSCAL RETURN-BALL.

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Be it linown that I, .TQHN BURKE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kigsfand State of. New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Musical Reed and Return-Ball; and I doheieby declare that the ,following is a full, clear, andvexaet description thereof, which-will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same, reference being had to the ace-cmpanying` drawings forming a part of this specification, in which-L I Figure 1 is a side view of a return-ball, illustrating my' improvement.

Figure 2 is central section of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved toy for children, which shall be so formed esto combine two toys in one, without affecting the 'efficiency of either, and it .consists in the combination of aa ordinary musical reed with an ordinary return-ball, as hereinafter more fully described.

Y A is an ordinary return-ball, made of wood, and having an India-rubber or other elastic cord, B, attached to it in the ordinary manner. Theball A is perforated through its centre, as shown in iig. 1. To the ball, nt one end of the hole or perforation a, is attached a small circular plate, ,having a reed, C, attached to it in the .ordinary manner, so that by drawing or blowingr the breath through tbh'perforation a of theball A, musical sounds may be produced. The part ofy the hole a in which the reed C is placed is immaterial;v that is to say, the plate to which the reed C is attached may be at the end of the hole a', at the surface of the ball A, as shown .in the drawings, or it may berrsunk into the said ball so as to be at any desired distance within said surface, so as to be'wholly protected from injury by an accidentalblow Having described my invention, I claim as new., and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a return-ball, A B, having a perforation,` a', in which a musical reed, C, is placed, as described. A

The above specification of my invention signed by me, lthis 3d day otiFebl-uary, 1868. l

Y JOHN BUR-KE. Witnesses:

WM. F. MeNAMAnA,

JAMus T. GRAHAM. 

